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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

U.S. intel says Russia sending agents into Ukraine to prepare for possible invasion

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Cheering Romanians cast shadows on a giant European Union flag during New Year celebrations for Romania's accession in the EU in Bucharest Romania Monday January 1, 2007. The European Union on Thursday prolonged economic sanctions against Russia for six months for failing to live up to its commitments to the peace agreement in Ukraine, amid concern that Moscow may be preparing to invade its former Soviet neighbor. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

EU extends Russia sanctions over Ukraine peace deal failures

Associated Press

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, center, and Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko, fourth right, arrive for the NATO-Russia Council at NATO headquarters, in Brussels, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022. (Olivier Hoslet, Pool Photo via AP)

Fears of Ukraine invasion rise as Russia talks fail to reach breakthrough

By Guy Taylor and David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., speaks to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Senate Dems offer sanctions-lite on Russian pipeline as an alternative to tougher GOP bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a view of the joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus Zapad-2021 at the Mulino training ground in the Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia, Sept. 11, 2021. The amassing of Russian troops and equipment near Ukraine's border has caused worries in Kyiv and in the West that Moscow could be planning to launch an invasion. (Vadim Savitskiy/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

U.S., Russia dig in as talks continue on military standoff along Ukraine’s border

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the start of Nord Stream pipeline construction in Portovaya Bay some 106 miles north-west from St. Petersburg, Russia on April 9, 2010. The Biden administration is weighing in against Sen. Ted Cruz's bill to reimpose sanctions on Russia's Nord Stream 2. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky, File)

Biden administration campaigns against Cruz’s Nord Stream 2 sanctions bill

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, presidential aide Yury Ushakov, center, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu wait for the beginning of the Russia-Turkey talks in the Kremlin iin Moscow, Russia, Jan. 23, 2019. While demanding a halt to NATO's eastward expansion, Moscow has also urged the U.S. and its allies not to deploy weapons or conduct any military activities in Ukraine and other ex-Soviet nations. (Alexander Nemenov/Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

Little sign of progress on Ukraine standoff after first U.S.-Russia talks

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russia, Putin and the Ukraine Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

America’s Russian aggression problem

By Rep. French Hill

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks on the Biden administration's Indo-Pacific strategy at the Universitas Indonesia in Jakarta Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (Olivier Douliery/Pool Photo via AP)

Blinken: Breakthrough with Putin unlikely as Ukraine tensions mount

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this file photo, U.S President Joe Biden, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter the 'Villa la Grange' during their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File) **FILE**

Missile deployments, military exercises on table for Russia talks

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

In this file photo, U.S President Joe Biden, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin enter the 'Villa la Grange' during their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File) **FILE**

Biden faces key test, major opportunity ahead of Russia talks on Ukraine

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Russian soldiers take part in drills at the Kadamovskiy firing range in the Rostov region in southern Russia, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo) ** FILE **

NATO foreign ministers to huddle ahead of Russia talks on Ukraine

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

As Putin rages, some outsiders move closer to NATO

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden steps up diplomacy to head off clash with Russia

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and U.S President Joe Biden shake hands during their meeting at the 'Villa la Grange' in Geneva, Switzerland in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 16, 2021. Biden warned Putin of &quot;severe consequences&quot; if Russia invades Ukraine, but promised to hold consultations to address Russian concerns. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool, File)

Biden bending the knee to Putin

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, arrive to meet at the 'Villa la Grange', in Geneva, Switzerland, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Biden warns Putin of ‘severe sanctions’ if he doesn’t back off Ukraine

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

Biden, Putin hold call as tensions mount over Ukraine crisis

By Aamer Madhani - Associated Press

In this image provided by The White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the phone from his private residence in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Dec. 30, 2021.

Biden-Putin phone call doesn’t cool tensions over Ukraine; leaders trade threats of retaliation

By Joseph Clark and Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

This file frame from a video released on April 23, 2021, by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service shows Russian troops board landing vessels after drills in Crimea. A Russian troop buildup near Ukraine has fueled Ukrainian and Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied planning such an attack. A Russian troop buildup near Ukraine has fueled Ukrainian and Western fears of an invasion, but Moscow has denied planning such an attack. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP, File)

Biden, Putin to speak as tensions over Ukraine threaten to boil over

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses an extended meeting of the Russian Defense Ministry Board at the National Defense Control Center in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 21, 2021. Putin has described the Soviet collapse as &quot;the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century.&quot; Speaking at his annual news conference, Putin held Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin responsible for handing Russian lands to Ukraine, helping &quot;create a country that had never existed before.&quot; (Mikhail Tereshchenko, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

Why is Putin threatening Ukraine?

By Richard W. Rahn